Coast Mountain Bus Company route 3 'Main / Downtown'

3 Main/Downtown
New Flyer E60LFR – 2544 on layover at the Marine and Main terminal while preparing for the next trip to Downtown Vancouver.
Service Area	Vancouver
Termini	Marine Drive Station* SE Marine Drive at Main Street* Seymour Street at Cordova Street
Operations	Vancouver Transit Centre
Vehicles	NFI E60LFR NFI E40LFR (occasionally) Nova Bus LFS (occasionally) Nova Bus LFS HEV (occasionally)
Branches	3 Main–Marine Drive Station 3 Downtown 3 Main (select trips)
* trips alternate between terminating at SE Marine Drive & Main Street and Marine Drive Station, but most weekday trips terminate at Marine Drive Station.

3 Main/Downtown is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Route Details

This is a two-way conventional bus service along Main Street in Vancouver. From the Downtown terminus, Cordova at Seymour, trips start as 3 Main–Marine Drive Station or 3 Main, running east along Cordova Street and then south along Main Street. All 3 Main trips short-turn at the intersection of SE Marine and Main, while all 3 Main–Marine Drive Station trips go westbound on Marine and terminate at Marine Drive Station. From both termini, all trips operate as 3 Downtown, heading north to Downtown Vancouver via Main Street. Then all trips operate via Hastings Street and Seymour Street to its Downtown Terminus at Cordova at Seymour.

In October 2009, real time information displays manufactured by INIT were installed at 29 stops along the route on Main Street. The displays were installed as part of the Main Street Urban Showcase Project, jointly funded by Transport Canada, TransLink, and the City of Vancouver.

Points of Interest

• Waterfront Station
• Gastown
• Provincial Court of British Columbia
• Carnegie Community Centre
• Chinatown
• Thornton Park
• Main Street–Science World Station
• Science World
• Sunset Community Centre
• Marine Drive Station
• Marine Gateway Shopping Complex

Route History

Year	Route name	Notes
1953	3 Main/5 Robson	Eastbound trips as 3 Main ran eastbound and westbound trips as 5 Robson
1986	3 Main/Robson	5 Robson renumbered 3 Robson
1997	3 Main/20 Victoria	Robson section split as 5 Robson/Downtown. Interline with 20 Victoria/Downtown
2005	3 Main/Downtown	Re-routed off Downtown, terminating at Chinatown
2008		Re-routed back in Downtown via Hastings, Seymour, Cordova
2009	3 Marine Drive Station/20 Victoria	Extended to Marine Drive Station; some trips short-turned at Marine at Main Re-routed in Downtown via Hastings, Richards, Robson, Seymour, Cordova Interline with 20 Victoria/Downtown
2010	3 Marine Drive Station/Downtown	Re-routed in Downtown via Hastings, Seymour, Cordova.

References

• Route diagram of 3 Marine Drive Station/Main/Downtown, as of September 2010. Translink. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
• Public timetable of 3 Marine Drive Station/Main/Downtown, as of September 6, 2010. Translink. Retrieved November 27, 2010.

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